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April 8, 2008
Closing Bell: South Portland's Very Polite Bike War
A reader sent in this photo-poem shot on South Portland. It is entitled "Indignity MINE!!!" Click through the photos and witness the palpable tension and riveting conclusion.
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Who is at war with who and why?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:08 PM
i don't know for sure but my guess is the fencing around the trees is city property, not the homeowners'.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:13 PM
The homeowner shouldn't get their panties in a bunch over a bicycle, that isn't taking up any room.
I can somewhat understand why they are bitching, because I've had bikes locked onto the fencing in front of my house. The local Bloods crew tried to steal it, only to damage my fence (not the bike).
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:16 PM
That's a nice bike!
Posted by: madison_st at April 8, 2008 4:22 PM
well, why the F would someone park their bike in front of someone else's house? Is that what happened here?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:23 PM
Don;t be a dumb azz. Your bike belongs in your house, not chained in front of mines.
Cut the tires twice and no bike no more!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:23 PM
Don;t be a dumb azz. Your bike belongs in your house, not chained in front of mines.
Cut the tires twice and no bike no more in front of my house!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:24 PM
4:16, maybe it is the concern for damage to the fencing, although I'm not sure if that's the homeowner's or the city's and I still can't imagine getting worked up over it.
I can't think of any other reason why the homeowner would care. I love the bike - if having it in front of your place is your biggest worry; I would say you have a pretty nice life.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 8, 2008 4:25 PM
4:16, maybe it is the concern for damage to the fencing, although I'm not sure if that's the homeowner's or the city's and I still can't imagine getting worked up over it.
I can't think of any other reason why the homeowner would care. I love the bike - if having it in front of your place is your biggest worry; I would say you have a pretty nice life.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 8, 2008 4:26 PM
Someone keeps chaining their bike to my fence and leaving it there for several weeks at a time. That fence is definitely my property not theirs. I think they should stop.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:28 PM
Hey biff, you don't see the entire picture. First it's a bike, then it's a laundry/shopping cart, then a damned stroller! lol it's like a quality of life issue. Stop it now before it spreads like a virus.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:29 PM
chain your bike to my tree and see what happens
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:35 PM
Definitely pushing into the stroller lane and should therefore be moved.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:40 PM
Watch out w/ trees--on S. Oxford St., I've had 2 chained up bikes stolen from in front of my apartment, both times in broad daylight! Tree, fence or wherever, bring your bike inside!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:41 PM
agreed that all you have to do is slash the tires and they'll never park their bike there again.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:42 PM
You could start dumping some of your garbage in the basket...they use your fence, you use their basket!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:46 PM
Love S Portland and walk down that street @ least once a week just for fun. The bikes don't bother me @ all if anything I love it....more people should be biking in this city...
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:47 PM
how Rude, would you hipsters like to share tickets from DSNY or chip in to replace my water main?
I wish a mofo would chain his bike in front of my house.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:47 PM
Tough crowd.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 8, 2008 4:48 PM
Love S Portland and walk down that street @ least once a week just for fun. The bikes don't bother me @ all if anything I love it....more people should be biking in this city...
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:48 PM
Love S Portland and walk down that street @ least once a week just for fun. The bikes don't bother me @ all if anything I love it....more people should be biking in this city...
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:50 PM
men and women are dying in the war and your worried about someone parking a bike in front of your house,you have to be kidding,
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 4:54 PM
i was catsitting for my friends in carrol gardens, i locked my bike to the fence in front of their house, went in to feed the cat. i was there all of 5 minutes, but when i came back out, the downstairs neighbor (i presume) had already affixed a similar 'don't lock your bike here' note. obviously somebody with a rich, inner life.
Posted by: Jimmy Legs at April 8, 2008 5:04 PM
next it'll be "please park your car in front of your own house, not mine." Jeez, you don't own the sidewalk or the street (even if you are responsible for paving the walk.)
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:10 PM
next it'll be "please park your car in front of your own house, not mine." Jeez, you don't own the sidewalk or the street (even if you are responsible for paving the walk.)
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:11 PM
Children, children...Very simple reason not to park your bike in front of someone else's home. If someone walks by, trips & falls over the bike and gets injured, guess who gets sued. The bike owner? I don't think so. Come on.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:16 PM
its not your fence
its not your gate
and its not then your place to chain your stupid bike to someone's fence/gate/tree WHICH damages the very few precious trees we do have in the city. bikes are great as is biking but keep it on your own property.
slash the tires and smash the light on it too. it wont come back. dog sh*t on the seat is good too.
i am done with people who are lazy and do not want to store their bike inside their own home or apt.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:16 PM
more bikes less strollers!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:22 PM
To those defending the cyclist:
Why wouldn't you lock it to your own fence?
To 4:47 "how Rude, would you hipsters like to share tickets from DSNY or chip in to replace my water main?":
What on Earth makes you assume the cyclist is a hipster? When did hipster become synonymous with cyclist or renter for that matter?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:23 PM
and how exactly does locking a bike to the fence ruin the tree? if anything, wouldn't it make it harder for a dog to piss on the trunk which would be far more detrimental?
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 8, 2008 5:24 PM
can any of you idiots figure out why someone would hitch a bike up to a gate,come now put your thinking caps on.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:27 PM
Slash the tires, bash the frame, contact the local crackhead,put screws in the seat aimed up, put dog shit on the peddels, jam a penny in the bike chain, clip the breaks, spray paint the frame, pull out the spokes. I can go on and on.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:27 PM
"Slash the tires, bash the frame, contact the local crackhead,put screws in the seat aimed up, put dog shit on the peddels, jam a penny in the bike chain, clip the breaks, spray paint the frame, pull out the spokes."
Get you ass kicked when the owner catches you vandalizing his bike....
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:36 PM
Holy War Batman.
So let me get this straight. This sidewalk doesn't belong to the homeowner. The fence around the tree and the tree do not belong to the homeowner. The bicycle has a legal right to be parked on the sidewalk (hence no legal claim can be made against someone who trips on it; in fact the bike owner could sew for damages to his/her bike). And you guys recommend destroying the bike owner's property? Because they dared to use their vehicle for travelling to a point other than their own home, to visit someone?
I would so happily slash your property (be it bike, car, house, face) if it EVER trespassed on what in my fantasyworld belongs to me.
Unfortunately that would make me a criminal, and even though I'm surrounded by a country full of fat, hateful, war mongering religious nuts with car fumes for brains, I just can't get myself to destroy someone's property -- no matter how infuriatingly cute and harmless and flattering that property may be to this hatefully cute and pretty street.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:40 PM
"Slash the tires, bash the frame, contact the local crackhead,put screws in the seat aimed up, put dog shit on the peddels, jam a penny in the bike chain, clip the breaks, spray paint the frame, pull out the spokes."
Get you ass kicked when the owner catches you vandalizing his bike....
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:42 PM
TYPO, sorry. Apparently, I can't even SPELL "sue", that's how pathetically wussy I am.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:43 PM
You can be sure the idiot who posted this note on the bike isn't asking motorists to park their cars in front of their own houses. What is the problem here? I'm going down to S. Portland to throw a rock through this guy's window tonight.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:44 PM
Bicyclists are douchebags.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 5:52 PM
5:23 get off me, play your position.
A true NY cyclist or New Yorker would take pride and know better than to leave his precious bike chained to someone else property. After the first note he or she would move it in fear of vandals.
A hipster would spend 130 bucks on the bike at flea market, then leave it chained to someone else's fence in the middle of snow storm with a key food bag on the seat.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:02 PM
I think many are missing the point, the sidewalk is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Traffic. It is illegal to store anything on the sidewalk. If your garbage can is on the sidewalk on a day that is not a trash pickup day, you are liable for a citation. Parking, chaining, storing anything on the sidewalk is an obstruction of traffic.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:04 PM
That is city property, not the homeowner's. Sure, it is an annoying place to park a bike. Street signs are better. But it's not like there are lots of options.
Oh, and you want me to bring by bike indoors? Why don't you bring your car indoors?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:07 PM
"The bicycle has a legal right to be parked on the sidewalk"
Uh, really? Are you sure? That there is a tree guard. For trees. It's not intended for locking up bikes. The city does provide places for bikes. But a tree guard is not such a place.
Bikes are supposed to be brought into apartments, foyers or basements for storage. If that's not convenient for you too bad.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:13 PM
the fence in front of a house IS NOT city property. it belongs to the homeowner! just like the sidewalk, so when you trip, it is our insurance that has to pay for it. bikes are fantastic, just leave them at a bike rack or in your little rental apartment. until you own a house, then please just be quiet and park it where it belongs. that goes for motorcycles too.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:18 PM
That note looks like something I would expect to see in Brooklyn Heights or Pork Slap. Not very neighborly.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:21 PM
That note looks like something I would expect to see in Brooklyn Heights or Pork Slap. Not very neighborly.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:21 PM
I beleive the first 7 feet of sidewalk from the curb belongs to NYC and anything after that belongs to the homeowner. But they still charge and mandate the homeowner to repair all of it. The Tree belongs to the NYC Parks Department, touch that and you are toast. Anyone trips and falls both the Homeowner and NYC will get sued. As for the bike, who gives a shit?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:21 PM
Lots of people voicing so-called informed opinions without explicit legal citation or the the facts to back them up...typical of these posts.
Did the OP ever confront the bike owner or too much of a wuss for that? Looks like every house has a tree guard in the front so why can't he chain the bike to the place that he's going to??
Simple questions for simple minded posters!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 8, 2008 6:26 PM
That note looks like something I would expect to see in Brooklyn Heights or Pork Slap. Not very neighborly.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:27 PM
Why dosen't the owner of the bike park it in front of his or her place. I have the same problem, except its chained to a street sign. As a homeowner, I don't want to see the front of my house turn into a bike parking lot.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:40 PM
sometimes the homeowners who post here make me glad I've left your little area of the world. And make me wonder if I ever should come back.
Yes, I was a homeowner. When I left my brownstone and saw people sitting on my stoop, talking (sometimes eating), enjoying the fine Brooklyn street, I'd say "hi" and just silently hope they didn't leave any food residue for us to clean up. I was friendly - I didn't harass them, even after we had the stoop nicely rebuilt and brownstoned. I treated them with respect - they did me as well. I remembered myself sitting on stoops and talking sometimes.
I suppose you'd recommend destroying the dogs who shit on your sidewalk, too, if the people who owned them didn't clean up after them properly. (I hated that - but it isn't the dog's fault. I also hated the dogshit that got all over in our garbage cans. Also not the dog's fault - they didn't put it there.) But by your logic, they (the dogs) are the property you'd destroy.
No, I forgot, you homeowners writing here to destroy the bike are probably dog owners who take your dog out to shit elsewhere, and leave it or deposit it in other's cans.
It isn't that you are logical, it's just that you are selfish and mean. Bike travel is a **good** thing for the environment and the community. And that one isn't bothering anybody.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:56 PM
God If I hear this stupidity one more time: "Why don't you park it in front of your own house?" I'm gonna start typing in all caps -- oh oh here it comes anyway . . . .
BECAUSE WHEN A BIKE IS LOCKED UP OUTSIDE, IT MEANS THE BIKE OWNER IS NOT AT HIS HOUSE, HE'S JUST USED HIS/HER BIKE TO TRAVEL TO SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE, WHERE HE/SHE WILL PROBABLY BE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, DURING WHICH TIME ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOSE AND EVERYONE WILL START ATTACHING STUPID NOTES TO HIS/HER BIKE!!!!!!
How hard is it to understand the concept that a bike is something used for TRAVELING?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 6:59 PM
This whole thread just goes to show you: Brooklyn's still a provincial little small town full of small-minded people with too much time on their hands. Cities all over Europe are giving people bikes for free to ride so their air can be cleaner; bikes are considered adornment and a sign of a hope for the future. And here we are, back in the 1950s. Smalltown America never looked so bleak.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:03 PM
Small town people would not be making these comments and would be quite considerate to the bike owner. Actually would not need the lock. More like liberal hypocrasy.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:10 PM
Small town people would not be making these comments and would be quite considerate to the bike owner. Actually would not need the lock. More like liberal hypocrasy.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:10 PM
Small town people would not be making these comments and would be quite considerate to the bike owner. Actually would not need the lock. More like liberal hypocrasy.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:11 PM
ridiculous.
If the bike owner lives next door or something, ok... i understand, go and have a POLITE discussion with the person. But wtf? have you ever ridden a bike anywhere besides the park or your house?
I cant count how many times ive had no choice but to lock my bike somewhere i may not have even wanted to... hell ive even lost a bike or two from theft (broad daylight-under an hour)... shit happens.
But you can count owning a bike at all as pointless if you think its reasonable a person should only lock their bike to a bike rack or take it home.
As a point, a bike locked (respectfully) to a city pole or tree/box for less than a day should not be harassed... or considered a problem... for fucks sake get a clue.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:16 PM
I agree completely, 7:16, not only should it not be considered a problem, it should be considered a sign of a healthy environment, somewhere I'd actually WANT to live.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:22 PM
7:10: How the hell do you know the politics of the person who wrote this note? I am so sick of people here assuming other people are "liberal" or "nimbys" or "hipsters" etc. etc. etc. (Or ugly.) Face it, you do not know these things for sure and you are just using every discussion as an opportunity to express hatred of your own personal choice of scapegoat. Signed, a ten-foot-tall puppy with socialist tendencies.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:48 PM
7:10: How the hell do you know the politics of the person who wrote this note? I am so sick of people here assuming other people are "liberal" or "nimbys" or "hipsters" etc. etc. etc. (Or ugly.) Face it, you do not know these things for sure and you are just using every discussion as an opportunity to express hatred of your own personal choice of scapegoat. Signed, a ten-foot-tall puppy with socialist tendencies.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 7:49 PM
I agree with 5:52. The owner is probably racist anyway
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 8:12 PM
can any of you idiots figure out why someone would hitch a bike up to a gate,I guess you still have not figured it out...times almost up.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 8:25 PM
theres a simple answer to this,all you smart people out there and you cant figure it out.maybe the answer is you idiots are not as smart as you think you are!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 8:36 PM
8:36 tell us.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 8:41 PM
Alternate side of the street Bike Parking?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 8:56 PM
I dont know what you people are talking about. I paid for my tree gate, the city made me pay for a new water main line when their tree caused damage. And I even had to pay a mason when the tree roots lifted my sidewalk. the owner of the bike should respect the home owner.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 9:04 PM
I'm going to start attaching nasty notes to all the cars parked on the street. "Move this eyesore." "What makes you think you can park this space-grabbing eyesore on public property?" "Move your car, park it in front of your own house in New Jersey."
It amazes me how people can expend so much energy and hate towards a bike, when cars cram our streets, take over and block the view and ruin the quiet and our lungs and even run people over, and no one ever questions whether it's right that they should be allowed to take up so much public space.
Bikes and cars are both private property parked on public property. Put a bike in front of my house any day. Please remove the cars.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:15 PM
10:15 why dont you move to mount everest if you dont like cars.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:25 PM
the answer is simple,the bike was hitched to get the reaction of people who have nothing to do but raise a stink over a non issiue,you idiots can put your energy to better use but you took the bait and failed.Instead of fighting for somthing more importent like the men and women defending our country you all choose to fight for a hitched bike,how sad and disappointing.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:40 PM
the answer is simple,the bike was hitched to get the reaction of people who have nothing to do but raise a stink over a non issiue,you idiots can put your energy to better use but you took the bait and failed.Instead of fighting for somthing more importent like the men and women defending our country you all choose to fight for a hitched bike,how sad and disappointing.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:41 PM
the answer is simple,the bike was hitched to get the reaction of people who have nothing to do but raise a stink over a non issiue,you idiots can put your energy to better use but you took the bait and failed.Instead of fighting for somthing more importent like the men and women defending our country you all choose to fight for a hitched bike,how sad and disappointing.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:42 PM
69 Comments about this shi!!! ?
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 10:48 PM
suckers!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:08 PM
suckers!
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:09 PM
did everyone go to sleep,wake up and respond.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:14 PM
10:40/41/42 - Thanks for taking a stand! Your bravery and commitment to important issues is duly noted.
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:27 PM
11:27-at least you get my point,
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:35 PM
11:27-at least you get my point,
Posted by: guest at April 8, 2008 11:35 PM
the end...thats all folks!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:02 AM
elvis has left the building!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:03 AM
elvis has left the building!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:03 AM
elvis has left the building!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:03 AM
What's more repetitive, the inane arguments on this blog or the freaky double/triple postings of inane arguments on this blog?
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:16 AM
What's more repetitive, the inane arguments on this blog or the freaky double/triple postings of inane arguments on this blog?
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:17 AM
Elvis has left the building and Countrywide has foreclosed on it.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 12:25 AM
your momma was hitched!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 1:17 AM
someone chain a bike to my fence for months. the neighbor didnt like it. he cut the bike and kept the chain lol. i'm like i didn't really mind the bike being there. oh wells. some landlord neighbors are nuts about bikes.
Posted by: armchairwarrior at April 9, 2008 3:22 AM
also same dude/landlord cut chains to bikes chained to parking signs in front of his property(park slope)
Posted by: armchairwarrior at April 9, 2008 3:28 AM
I beleive its against the law to chain a bike to a street sign. what about the owners who leave their bikes chained up for months at a time without moving them. some people take pride in curb appeal, spend lots of money to dress up their areas.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 6:28 AM
The real beauty of this is that the owner of the bike knows where the note writer lives. The home owner should hope damage does not occur to the bike as the retaliation could be much worse. You can only do so much damage to a bike. To a house on the other hand....
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 6:42 AM
Forget bikes, what should I do about the person has chained their motorcycle (with cover) to the fence around the tree in front of my building for MONTHS now. I think it's someone who lives several doors down the block, butbut they only park at our place so they can have a place to lock it up. WTF??? I'm afraid if I call 311 on them, they will suspect someone from my building called on them and would retaliate (he's kind of a scary dude), but I'm so sick of this big heavy thing stuck in front of our building!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 8:45 AM
Forget bikes, what should I do about the person has chained their motorcycle (with cover) to the fence around the tree in front of my building for MONTHS now. I think it's someone who lives several doors down the block, butbut they only park at our place so they can have a place to lock it up. WTF??? I'm afraid if I call 311 on them, they will suspect someone from my building called on them and would retaliate (he's kind of a scary dude), but I'm so sick of this big heavy thing stuck in front of our building!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 8:49 AM
I can believe the number of people who actually care about this. Situations like this wouldn't be a problem (or rarely so) if the city actually installed adequate bike-parking. I know that when I ride my bike, 5 minutes are spent trying to find decent place to lock my bike in a place that is visible but won't impede foot traffic. More bike parking!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 9:00 AM
Thank you all for making me feel good about being a renter!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 9:37 AM
9:37, you're welcome. Oh, and by the way, you're late once again with this month's check.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 9, 2008 9:49 AM
9:49 and your house is down another 2%.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 10:02 AM
Oh yeah Biff?
What are you gonna do about it, huh?
Lemme guess, cry when the bank destroys your credit and takes away your home and probably life savings because you couldn't make the mortgage.
in this market;
renting = freedom.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 10:07 AM
10:02, that's ok, I still have lots of equity.
10:07, actually, I don't have a mortgage and my credit is excellent. And you are paying for someone else to build up equity? Hey, congratulations on your freedom!
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 9, 2008 10:22 AM
NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDSSS!!!!!!!!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 10:35 AM
NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDSSS!!!!!!!!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 10:36 AM
I was sympathetic to the bike owner at first, but I've seen this bike stored at this location for several days now.
I do agree that if a bike is standing in front of your house for more than a couple of days, the bike owner is treating it like trash and the homeowner should consider it such. Cut the chain, take the bike for yourself or sell it.
I have two bikes, LOVE THEM, RIDE THEM EVERYWHERE and I would never want my bikes to be cut or stolen. However, by the same token, I'd never just store my bike in the middle of a street. That person has no respect for bikes and doesn't deserve to own one.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:09 AM
Biff -
Seriously, you have some issues and need to lose the tude. If you own your home and are happy about it, great! Congrats to you. If you rent and are happy, way to go! Everyone makes a decision one way or the other depending on their current needs, desires, situation, etc., but chastising people for making a decision different from yours is just childish.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:18 AM
11:09 -
I agree whole-heartedly. It's one thing if you store it there briefly, like a couple of hours, but if you're going to keep it there for a few days, put it in your apartment or inside your own stoop.
I'm actually surprised that if it is there for a few days that it doesn't get stolen or at least mauled.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:21 AM
Um, 11:18, perhaps you should go back and re-read the thread. It started with 9:37 saying, "Thank you all for making me feel good about being a renter!" I made a small joke and then got attacked.
I have nothing whatsoever against renters (or homeowners) nor do I have a "tude" (speaking of being childish) until they attack me and then I serve it right back at them. I've never said a negative word against renters in any post before. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 9, 2008 11:26 AM
Biff -
Nowhere did I see anyone attacking you for being an owner until you said, "you're late again with this month's check". Sounds like unnecessary chiding to me.
If you were my landlord, I'd leave the security deposit and bail - you sound like a pretentious, overly-sensitive blow hard.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:35 AM
you guys is crazy.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:38 AM
11:35 or a character from a Michael J Fox movie. Which one is worse?
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:40 AM
did you idiots forget this was a joke!
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:41 AM
@11:35 please take your rent money and buy yourself a life. The only overly-sensitive blow hard is you.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 11:47 AM
two things:
1. I believe that the little fences around trees are put up by the homeowners. Not all trees have them, only those with homeowners who want to discourage people from allowing their dogs to shit and piss on their tree. So when you lock your bike up for a week or so on it, you're being an ass.
2. I'm sick of the bikers. Fuck them. They never stop for a fucking red light and I can't tell you the number of times I've almost been hit by these selfish motherfucks. FUCK THEM.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 2:40 PM
It all boils down to liability. In most owner-occupied houses, the owner won't want a bike locked up on the sidewalk in front of their house because of any potential lawsuits that could arise (i.e. someone tripping on the bike and falling in front of your house). It's the same issue with snow & ice on the sidewalk and it being a potential hazzard if not cleared.
In houses where the units are rentals, I would think you'd be less likely to get a "don't park your bike here" note attached to your bike because they're not worried about lawsuits.
Posted by: guest at April 10, 2008 10:11 AM
111 Comments about this shi!!! ? what a bunch a wankers
Posted by: guest at April 10, 2008 2:06 PM
111 Comments about this shi!!! ? what a bunch a wankers
Posted by: guest at April 10, 2008 2:08 PM
111 Comments about this shi!!! ? what a bunch a wankers
Posted by: guest at April 10, 2008 2:11 PM
You just made it 114, dope.
Posted by: guest at April 10, 2008 5:18 PM
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